School Community Council

School Community Council Elections for 2020-21:
If you have a student at Maple Mountain High School for the next 2-year term, and you are interested in serving on the School Community Council, please email Mike Larsen (SCC Facilitator) at mikevance.larsen@nebo.edu by August 7, 2020.

Your name will be added to the MMHS SCC Ballot. Elections will be conducted as directed in Nebo School District Board policy KC and will follow the Utah Code Ann., section 53A-1a-108.

Elections for the 2020-21 School Community Council will be held at Maple Mountain High School. Patrons may vote in the front office August 11-12 between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. If there is not a contested race, the school will not need to hold elections. High schools will have at least six (6) parent/guardian members that are expected to serve a 2-year term.

Purpose and Function of the School Community Council:
A School Community Council is created for the purpose of; (a) involving parents or guardians of students in decision making at the school level; (b) improving the education of students; (c) prudently expending School LAND Trust Program money for the improvement of students' education through collaboration among parents and guardians, school employees, and the Board of Education; and (d) increasing public awareness of: (i) school trust lands and related land policies; (ii) management of the State School Fund established in Utah Constitution, Article X, Section V; and (iii) educational excellence. In this regard, the responsibilities of the School Community Council are advisory in nature. The authority of the Council does not supersede the authority of the principal, the superintendent, or the Board of Education.

SCC Rules of Order and Procedure:
Each Council must adopt rules of order and procedure to govern its meetings. Each meeting must be conducted in accordance with the rules, and the rules must be made available at each meeting and on the school’s website. The rules must govern the following:

Parliamentary order and procedure
Ethical behavior
Civil discourse

School LAND Trust Funds:
Members of the School Community Council (parents, teachers, and the principal, in collaboration with an approving entity) shall use School LAND Trust Program funds in data-driven and evidence-based ways to improve educational outcomes, including:

strategies that are measurable and show academic outcomes with multi-tiered systems of support; and
counselors and educators working with students and families on academic and behavioral issues when a direct impact on academic achievement can be measured.

School LAND Trust Program expenditures are required to have a direct impact on the instruction of students in the particular school’s areas of most critical academic need. A school may not use School LAND Trust Program funds for the following:

To cover the fixed costs of doing business;
For construction, maintenance, facilities, overhead, security, or athletics; or
To pay for non-academic in-school, co-curricular, or extracurricular activities.

A school district or local school board may not require a council or school to spend the school’s School LAND Trust Program funds on a specific use or set of uses.

A council may budget and spend no more than $7,000 for in-school civic and character education, including student leadership skills training and digital citizenship training as described in Section 53G-7-1202.

A school may designate School LAND Trust Program funds for an in-school civic or character education program or activity only if the plan clearly describes how the program or activity has a direct impact of the instruction of students in school’s areas of most critical academic need.
A school may use a portion of the school’s School LAND Trust Program funds to provide digital citizenship training as described in Section 53G-7-1204.

Notwithstanding other provisions in this rule, a school may use funds as needed to implement a student’s Individualized Education Plan. Student incentives implemented as part of an academic goal in the School LAND Trust Program may not exceed $2 per awarded student in an academic school year.

School LAND Trust Expenditures:
Link to Previous Years

MMHS Trustlands 2018-19 Summary

Current Year Plan:

Goal #1: Our school will increase performance in core subjects and elective classes through improved classroom instruction, teacher development, and professional collaboration as measured by student learning objectives, pre and post common assessments, and other professional learning community (PLC) indicators determined by our school teams. Our School Community Council will review current data in the fall to set an appropriate growth goal.

Goal #2: Our school will improve College and Career readiness for students by providing more individualized, varied, and differentiated educational support in and outside the classroom throughout the school year. Our School Community Council will review current data in the fall to set an appropriate growth goal.

Goal #3: Our school will purchase technology to better facilitate student development of 21st-century skills (collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication) in order to increase student achievement as well as prepare for college and career environments.

CATEGORY	DESCRIPTION	ESTIMATED COST
Salaries and Employee Benefits :(100 and 200)	Teacher pay for three days of summer training for PLCs and collaboration.	$6,000
Professional and Technical Services: (300)	Pay for substitutes to cover classes for conference and/or collaboration time; pay for conference registration and other expenses including travel, room, and board.	$5,200
Transportation/Admission/Per Diem/Site Licenses: (510, 530 and 580)	Pay for teacher/staff travel, room, and board for conferences and professional development.	$4,600
Salaries and Employee Benefits:(100 and 200)	Hire additional teachers and buy preps from current teachers; pay paraprofessionals to work as student trackers; pay teachers to supervise before and after school learning labs.	$137,000
Technology Related: Hardware/Software (< $5,000 per item) (650)	Replace and acquire new equipment such as Chromebooks/carts, iPads, projection systems, and document cameras.	$24,579
Software: (670)	Purchase or renew software for music lab; update computer programs and software for teachers and students when needed.	$7,950
Total Estimated Expenditure:		$185,329

MMHS School Community Council Members Link

2017-2018 Mtg Dates 2018-2019 Mtg Dates
September 26 September 25, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
October 17 October 16, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
November 21   November 22, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
December - TBA (Cancelled) December - TBA (Cancelled)
January 16 January 15, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
February 20 February 19, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
March 20 March 19, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
April 17 April 16, 3:00 p.m., Conf. Rm.
May - TBA (Cancelled) May - TBA (Cancelled)
2017-2018 Agendas   2018-2019 Agendas
Agenda, Sept 2017 Agenda, Sept 2018
Agenda, Oct 2017 Agenda, Oct 2018
Agenda, Nov 2017 Agenda, Nov 2018
No Mtg in Dec 2017 No Mtg in Dec 2018
Agenda, Jan 2018 Agenda, Jan 2019
Agenda, Feb 2018 Agenda, Feb 2019
Agenda, Mar 2018 Agenda, Mar 2019
Agenda, Apr 2018 Agenda, Apr 2019
No Mtg in May 2018 No Mtg in May 2019
2017-2018 Minutes 2018-2019 Minutes
Minutes, Sept 2017 Minutes, Sept 2018
Minutes, Oct 2017 Minutes, Oct 2018
Minutes, Nov 2017   Minutes, Nov 2018
No Mtg in Dec 2017 No Mtg in Dec 2018
Minutes, Jan 2018 Minutes, Jan 2019
Minutes, Feb 2018   Minutes, Feb 2019
Minutes, Mar 2018   Minutes, Mar 2019
Minutes, Apr 2018 Minutes, Apr 2019
No Mtg in May 2018 No Mtg in May 2019